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The Navigating a Transforming World Order: Fellowships on Security and Technology program is a fellowship from Volkswagen-Stiftung that supports early-career postdoctoral researchers studying the intersection of security and technology from a European perspective. Designed for researchers up to five years post-PhD from any relevant discipline, the program aims to develop the next generation of security experts.
Fellowship awards of up to €450,000 fund postdoctoral research projects at the nexus of security policy, technology, and geopolitics. Applications are due May 5, 2026.
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Our Funding Portfolio | VolkswagenStiftung The Volkswagen Foundation is dedicated to the support of the humanities and social sciences as well as science and technology in higher education and research. It funds research projects in path-breaking areas and provides assistance to academic institutions for the improvement of the structural conditions for their work.
We provide support in four profile areas Expanding knowledge about processes of transformation and developing possible courses of action together with stakeholders in civil society. Breaking into previously unexplored research territory with unconventional ideas and experimental approaches.
Critically exploring and reflecting on the research system with a view to initiating positive change on areas such as career paths, governance, research and teaching. Funding programme for top-level research in Lower Saxony. We support future-oriented topics with our funding offers.
- Any - Agronomy and Forestry Classical and Ancient Studies Architecture, Regional and Urban Planning Non-European Languages and Cultures, Social Anthropology Business Studies Demography Biochemistry / Biophysics Biology Biomedicine Chemistry Educational Studies Humanities / Social Sciences Geography Earth Sciences History Health Sciences Computer Sciences Engineering Sciences Communication and Media Sciences Cultural Studies Art History Life Sciences Literature Mathematics Medicine Musicology Natural Sciences / Engineering Neuroscience Pharmacy Philosophy Physics, Astronomy Political Science Psychology Law Area Studies Religious Studies Sociology Sports Science Languages Calls Open to All Disciplines Theology Environmental Sciences Administrative Science Veterinary Medicine Economic Science Research on Research, Higher Education Studies - Any - Own position (i.e. postdoc, prof.) Funding of a teaching substitute Research project International cooperation with partner in Germany Organizing an event (research/science) Science communication Seed funding, teaching, graduate education, infrastructure, institutional funding Applications can be submitted at any time Transatlantic Bridge Professorships Funding programme for professors in the humanities and social sciences currently working in the USA who wish to work both in the USA and in Germany.
area of research: Humanities and Social Sciences type of funding: Proportional financing of a professorship in Germany Navigating a Transforming World Order: Fellowships on Security and Technology We are looking for the security experts of the future: The call is aimed at young postdoctoral researchers who do research on the nexus of security and technology with a distinct European perspective.
type of funding: postdoctoral fellowships zukunft. niedersachsen: Lower Saxony Impulse Professorship The "Lower Saxony Impulse Professorship" addresses academics approaching the end of their early career phase up to a maximum of ten years after completing their doctorate. Website zukunft.
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Seed Grants for Lower Saxony This funding programme offers researchers the opportunity to receive seed funding for novel collaborative projects. The aim is to use the funding to enable the acquisition of additional third-party funding. Website zukunft.
niedersachsen. de Researching Research: Strengthening University Centres The funding offer is aimed at established centres, institutes or research priority areas for Science Studies at universities in Germany that have been institutionalised in recent years and are striving for further structural development.
area of research: science studies type of funding: funds for structural measures Online Q&As: 11 June and 16 July 27 August 2026 Deadline Short Proposals Pioneering Research – Exploring the Unknown Unknown The funding offer addresses outstanding post-doctoral researchers and professors universities and research institutes in Germany, international cooperation partners are possible.
area of research: all disciplines type of funding: visionary projects from the field of basic research 10 September 2026 Deadline Online Q&As on 20 May, 11 a. m. , and 25 June, 2 p.
m. 11 September 2026: Meeting for Funded Projects Impetus for the German Science System: Strategic Experimental Spaces – University Development Requires Flexibility The Foundation invites universities, in conjunction with the relevant ministries, to open and design experimental spaces to test new forms of cross-border or cross-institutional cooperation.
type of funding: strategic projects aimed at: universities, ministries Task forces: A modified call is expected to be published in autumn 2026. Collaborative projects: The funding line is currently being evaluated.
Transformational Knowledge on Democracies under Change – Transdisciplinary Perspectives The programme addresses persons from science together with actors outside of academia who are interested in transdisciplinary research and aim at jointly developing new perspectives on democratic forms of government under change.
areas of research: humanities, cultural and social sciences (lead); cooperation with natural, life, data and technical sciences possible type of funding: task forces, cooperation projects Here you can find our previous funding offers. Our "Grants Database" informs on research projects and researchers who received funds by the Volkswagen Foundation (since 2004). Don't miss out on any of our funding offers - register now!
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Based on current listing details, eligibility includes: Postdoctoral researchers (up to 5 years after PhD) from various disciplines. Applicants should confirm final requirements in the official notice before submission.
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Navigating a Transforming World Order: Fellowships on Security and Technology is sponsored by Volkswagen-Stiftung. Supports postdoctoral researchers in generating new knowledge on the transformation of the global security order, focusing on the nexus of security and technology with a European perspective. Geographic focus: Europe Focus areas: Security Policy, Technology, Political Science, International Relations
Opus Magnum is sponsored by Volkswagen-Stiftung. Provides outstanding professors from the humanities and social sciences at German universities with the opportunity to focus exclusively on writing a major scholarly work by funding a substitute professorship for a leave of absence. Geographic focus: Germany Focus areas: Humanities, Social Sciences, Cultural Studies